{"id":15364,"date":"2015-06-04T12:07:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T19:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15364"},"modified":"2015-06-04T12:07:31","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T19:07:31","slug":"open-thread642015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/04\/open-thread642015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–6\/4\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

After 6 hours of heavy cleaning and everything else, I\u2019m completely pooped, so I\u2019ll<\/font> be brief.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 2:53 (average 5:17).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Some are calling Robert Minjarez Jr. the Latino Eric Garner. Sadly, the comparison is uncanny\u2014including the failure of the system<\/a> to indict the officers who killed Minjarez.<\/p>\n

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For about five minutes, the report said, Minjarez is heard on dashcam audio screaming, "Help! Help! Help me! Get off! You’re going to kill me!" The report also quotes him as saying "You’re going to suffocate…" and "I can’t breathe" three times. He cried and screamed, his voice becoming "increasingly muffled, hoarse and strained" while repeating "I can’t breathe," the report added. <\/p>\n

About five minutes after he was restrained, the report said, Minjarez groaned and gurgled, and an officer said, "You got 265 pounds on your back, you’re not going anywhere." The suspect groaned "and no more sounds are heard from him," the report said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The report from the Lafayette, Louisiana, coroner lists the cause of death as "compressional asphyxia due to face-down physical restraint by law enforcement officers." <\/p>\n

As was the case with the officers who killed Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York, the grand jury proceedings in this case are sealed and prosecutors are not obligated to say a single word.<\/p>\n

Republican Florida cops are making sure that Latinos get their fair share of police murder. They are equal-opportunity racist Republican criminals.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Upworthy<\/a>: FIFA World Cup gets red-carded by John Oliver for the death, slavery, and bribery things.<\/p>\n